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The Dread Wyrm

By: Miles Cameron
Narrated by: Neil Dickson
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Some are born to power, some seize it and some have the wisdom never to wield it.

The Red Knight has stood against soldiers, against armies and against the might of an empire without flinching. He's fought on real and on magical battlefields alike, and now he's facing one of the greatest challenges yet. A tournament.

A joyous spring event, the flower of the nobility will present arms and ride against each other for royal favour and acclaim. It's a political contest - and one which the Red Knight has the skill to win. But the stakes may be higher than he thinks. The court of Alba has been infiltrated by a dangerous faction of warlike knights, led by the greatest knight in the world: Jean de Vrailly - and the prize he's fighting for isn't royal favour but the throne of Alba itself.

Where there is competition there is opportunity; the question is, will the Red Knight take it? Or will the creatures of the Wild seize their chance instead?

©2015 Miles Cameron (P)2015 Hachette Audio Classics Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Royalty

Critic Reviews

"A stirring, gritty and at times quite brutal epic fantasy." (Tor.com)
"This series promises to be the standout epic fantasy for the ages." ( Fantasy Book Critic)
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I agree that M Wolf was better as narrator and this series would have been 100% awesome if he'd stayed on, but the stories and the interesting little historical accuracies about knights, armor, fighting and campaigns still make the series worthwhile. The narrator did not annoy me as much as I thought - it was just the initial change at the start of this book that felt jarring and perhaps the fact that some characters accents were changed to the point of ridiculousness (for instance, Tom sounds like a strong dude you wouldn't want to mess with in the first two books- even a bit of an attractive accent- but then this narrator makes him sound like an old pirate and it is laughable). The story was good and I found myself on the edge of my seat at times with some interesting twists and turns.

Despite the change in narrator I still enjoyed it

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As everyone mentions; the change in narrator is distracting and noticeable.
From mispronunciation, not singing where previous one did, to completely different interpretations of voices/ and age associated, it’s quite annoying. Although I do prefer red knights brothers voice and character choice here.

The story was epic.
I’m in constant surprise and shock at the authors ability to have such an army of characters names and that I recall so many of them.
Bigger battles, bigger stakes and a constantly evolving story.
I loved this book from the get go..

Am beyond excited for the last 2!

Epic story.. gets bigger and better with each book

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This book takes a bit longer to get rolling than some of the others in this series, but it really kicks off about half way through.

The only major issue I have is the narrator, he's isn't bad at all. But he isn't as good as the first one, and he seems to have an issue with changing pronunciations of characters and places, with them changing throughout the book.

A slow burn, but well worth the listen!

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loved this edition, author makes it easy to immerse yourself in the fantasy world he's built.

great book and series

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I love everything Mr Cameron writes. Wolfe was magnificent in books 1 and 2. The poor pronunciation and characterization of the characters in this performance was butchered almost as badly as each of the armies at Gilson’s hole. It’s only my love of the writer’s epic tale that saw me grit my teeth and barrel through every mispronunciation of Lorika and Halberdiers amongst others!

Where is Matthew Wolfe

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bit gutted the narrotor changed from the first two books. i still enjoyed it though

so - so

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Now into the third book of the Series i can understand the narrators comand of the book hes been given to read to us. and enjoy the coming battles of the Red Knight and his heroic crew of battle knights and followers as he rescues a Queen and battles the Magic of Thorn and the Wild plus also the hidden black magic of the Dragons that bind them all into a web of valour , honour and brutal slaughter that has only one ending and hope .To live.

Another glorious Red Knight battle

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Oh wow, I absolutely love miles Cameron. The dread wyrm is possibly my favourite of the series. Well read. Highly recommended

Awesome.

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If you like the malazan series or game of thrones you will love these books, an anti hero, mystery and magic with some witty characters, tongue in cheek humor and great battles

Knights, magic and monsters

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As with all Miles Cameron’s books, the story is pretty good. The period authenticity is even better. But I only know that because I went and read the book. This useless recording is unlistenable. If they’d used this narrator from the first book it might have been acceptable (he’s a two to three star reader), but changing from the much better reader in the previous two books destroys the experience. It’s like turning on your favourite show and finding they’ve replaced the whole cast and slashed the budget. It feels like an insult to get this after paying for something much better.
I’ve tried to find out why it happened, but haven’t been able to. I think it would feel like less of an insult if I knew why ;assuming there was some good reason). But, really, publishers should plan to avoid this sort of thing in advance.

Only buy if you’re starting with this book.

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